Ewan James Armstrong
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Ewan James Armstrong
@historicewan.bsky.social
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He/him |Cultural & Sensory Historian Mildly obsessed, mostly scholarly. Occasionally coherent. Embroiderer
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Amazing find! I had to pay about £100 for my copy! Well done!
A little more practice and I’m recreating the wilton diptych!
Zoning out by sketching hydrangeas with gouache.
This is PERFECTION
I love the hanging stands for yarn but am really liking the aesthetic and portability of this yarn bowl #knitsky #knitting
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#cfp #imc2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social! Please consider an abstract for 'Things Transcending Time,' sponsored by @haskinssociety.bsky.social and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research, @uniwinchester.bsky.social, and organized by myself. Abstract below with full text in the alt.
Visually illustrate funded PhD applications 😝😝😝😭
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Early Modern name of the day: Ezeckiell Cakebread 🙌
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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Not going to lie, the knockbacks do be knockbacking! Think it’s time to park the applications for further study and start the monograph.
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Gonna start a magazine called "Too Niche" where I can publish all my rejected pitches....
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I saw somebody on TikTok using the word 'slopper' as a slur for people who use ChatGPT, and that's a thing we should start doing.
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Dirk (Theodorus) Helmbreker,
Studies of a Man Smoking and a Man Drinking about 1650–1660 (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
Waiting for rejection. Existential crisis. Wondering if I should dye my hair? Is the grey off putting? I need a doughnut. Listing all my off putting qualities in my mind. 🥸 this picture is me.
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Here's our CFP for the Forum again, with ALT text
And yet here I am as someone you haven’t met, who remains inspired by your words. Have a biscuit, nap, and keep going! 🤓
Now I’m no michelin star chef, but I can tell this local cafe’s ciabatta is somewhat underwhelming

Is that a cheese single and a single slice of wafer thin ham?
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15 July 1445: d. Joan Beaufort Queen of #Scots wife of James I King of Scots #otd at Dunbar Castle. She was regent of #Scotland from 1437-39.
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Storage jar [albarello] for mostarda dated 1543, Italian Mostarda consists of candied fruit and mustard syrup.

(Met Museum)